Kunming South Railway Station

Kunming South Railway Station locates at the west foot of Bailongtan Hill, Wujiaying Street, Chenggong District, Kunming city. The architecture’s shape looks like a peacock spreading its tail, which is regarded as totem and a cultural label of Yunnan. The station is about 4 miles (7km) from Dianchi Lake, 50 miles (80 km) from Stone Forest , 17 miles (28 km) from Kunming Railway Station, 25 miles (48 km) from Changshui International Airport.

Kunming South Railway Station is one of the large-scale comprehensive transportation hubs in the western region, and it’s one of the most important International Railway Channels, and it’s the largest train station in the southwest of China. Besides, Kunming South Railway Station is significant infrastructure of national plan "One Belt And One Road" radiating to Southeast Asia.

Railway, subway, bus, rental and other modes of transport makes it as one of the large integrated transport hub. It’s built in 2011, and put into use in 2016, which is complement to Kunming train station. Most of the trains in Kunming South Railway Station are high-speed rail.

Brief Information

Chinese name: 昆明南站

English name: Kunming South Railway Station (Kunming Nan)

Area: 334700 ㎡

Project Time: October, 2013—November, 2016

Operation Time: December 28^th, 2016

Total investment: 3.184 billion yuan

Design institute: China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co,. LTD

Function of every Storey

Kunming South Railway Station is a 4 storeys building (1 underground+3 over ground) , covering 120,000㎡, besides, there are two squares.

3F: waiting area

2F: platform

1F: exit, taxi stands

-1F: platforms for subway

Train Timetable to Some important Cities

• From Kunming to Beijing by high speed train

• From Kunming to Guangzhou by high speed train

• From Kunming to Changsha by high speed train

• From Kunming to Shanghai by high speed train

• From Kunming to Guilin by high speed train

• From Kunming to Shenzhen by high speed train

How to Transfer from Kunming Railway Station by Bus

The above information is for reference only.

Note

If you want to take bus to the Stone Forest, you need to take bus No. 927 or K39 to East Coach Station first, and then take a long-distance bus to Stone Forest. Duration is around 2 hours.

high speed rail is a new and popular transportation in China, which is more comfortable and convenience than regular train. If you are a backpacker who arranges the tour on your own, you should know that ticket machine is available for Chinese people, and foreigner need to go to ticket counter to get ticket. To ensure you won’t miss the train, try to arrive early to get your ticket, because you can’t predict how many people are in front of you when you line up.